Five percent
Doing the down and dirty math in our heads - a questionable proposition, I admit, given how little sleep we're getting - that's about how much of his body weight Small Boy has lost since he inaugurated Puke Fest '06 on Saturday night. Five percent. This is not good under any circumstances, but considering that Small Boy is possibly the Skinniest Boy on the Planet, it's a bit alarming. Or, it would be alarming if our pediatrician, who we saw this afternoon, were alarmed, which he's not. It's always good when your pediatrician is Not Alarmed. I'm not entirely sure why he's not alarmed, other than the fact that the active phase of Puke Fest '06 has drawn to a close; Small Boy is consuming and retaining food, though in smaller than desirable quantities; he's consuming and retaining liquids; his white blood cell count indicated no bacterial infection; and about 25 years of medical experience.
I'm trying not to be alarmed. But Small Boy - 5% = Wee Small Boy.
Now if only I could lose 5% of my body weight! Without the puking, of course.
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3 Comments:
Sympathy. Wee Small Boy will be Small Boy again soon.
Sad to say that 5% of Baby Blue's body weight is still less than a pound. Sigh.
Aww, poor little guy. I hope he'll be donen with this soon. But I guess the doctors have seen enough of these cases to know when it's critical. Our younger son is very slight and when he gets ill he loses weight so quickly and takes ages to build it back up. It does make one worry.
Phantom - That's about what SB lost - 500g, so about a pound. It happened so fast - about four days, and like Christina says below will take him forever to gain it back again. He does seem to be eating heartily again, though.
Christina - I guess the worry never stops, does it, no matter what their ages.
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